We reached out to those clinics. La Clinica Del Pueblo did not provide a comment.

The other two said they did not apply for the funding.

Las Clincas Del Norte said it's because they'd have to be able to hire a specially qualified doctor and did not think they could recruit one to rural New Mexico.

However, a clinic in Santa Fe did receive $650,000 in funding, and it believes it can find a doctor for its Espanola office.

"I have a number of patients in Espanola who come here for treatment," said Dr. Rollin Oden at Presbyterian Medical Services. "We want to get those patients back home so they don't have to make the drive down here."

Oden already has hundreds of patients of his own and a long waiting list. Most of his patients live in Rio Arriba County.

"We quit taking names when we got to 700," he said.

Oden said the new doctor would likely take on about 100 patients. He said that may not sound like much, but said it's much better than nothing.